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Strategic Leadership Priorities
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WorkForce Center System must make business / industry needs a priority.
The Department of Employment and Economic Development has asserted
that businesses are the primary customer of the WorkForce Center System.
However, service providers still receive more face to face contact
with jobseekers, which makes their issues seem more pressing. |
| Minnesota's
public educational institutions must become more flexible. If people
are not pursuing training through the public system due to the lack
of flexibility, then Minnesota must either ensure the current system
becomes more flexible or the quality of services offered through other
service providers meets Minnesota's needs. |
| The
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System and its local campuses
should make aligning with business / industry needs a priority. Though
many people at the state level would agree that this is a direction
the System is heading, this priority needs to be integrated into the
priorities of every local campus. |
| When
faculty retire, the local public and private colleges and universities
should view those retirements as an opportunity to bring new people
in with new expectations. The new faculty should understand the need
for classes offered at a variety of hours and updated curriculum that
meets both individuals' and employers' needs. Local administrators
must recognize this need for change because they control the hiring
of their faculty. Many faculty will be retiring from Minnesota's local
institutions over the next decade, so this is Minnesota's opportunity
to make changes without disrupting the age old traditions of academia.
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